The move begins to bring to life Mayor Bill de Blasio's promised priority for universal, full day pre-K. It also appears to confirm some of his critics' fears about the new administration's negative attitude towards charter schools, including parents who think the administration is "playing" with students and their families.

Yet Chancellor Carmen Fariña's decision to shift money from charters towards pre-K won't come to fruition for a while. The bond that the decision relies on is part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive budget, which earmarks $1.5 billion for statewide pre-K over five years.

The Gotham Gazette examined inspection reports, complaints and court records to take a close look at five of the city’s lowest-rated nursing homes. This is the first of five parts. Robert Ruiz was designated one of the unsafe smokers at the Mosholu Parkway Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. But when he lit a cigarette in the home’s smoking room three years ago, the staff member assigned to supervise the smokers wasn’t there.

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